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Applied theory makeovers

Economica, EarlyView.
Abstract I argue that economists' distinction between ‘pure’ and ‘applied’ economic theory is often based on papers' stylistic markers rather than their methodology or scope. I illustrate this point with a model of price competition for boundedly rational consumers, due to Piccione and Spiegler. I first present its original, ‘pure style’ version.
Ran Spiegler
wiley   +1 more source

Spinoza on Humans as Social Animals

European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract Spinoza repeatedly suggests that humans are set apart from other animals by their rational and moral abilities. Yet he disparages the traditional definition of the human as a ‘rational animal’ and several of his other views suggest that these abilities are not sufficient by themselves to characterize human nature.
Ruben Noorloos
wiley   +1 more source

Organisational dehumanisation: Authoritativeness as remedy

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract According to orthodoxy, the human relations movement was a watershed in rehumanising scientifically managed workplaces. In the wake of such purported reform, pundits (theorists and practitioners alike) have typically taken for granted that 21st century approaches to workplace superintendence, birthed in the wake of the Hawthorne Studies and ...
Jean‐Etienne Joullié, Anthony M. Gould, Jeffrey Muldoon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

What are we really measuring? The semantic confound in psychological scales and the case for theory-driven measurement. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Liu X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Leadership and Accountability in Faith‐Based Institutions: Evidence From UK Mosques

Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates accountability in religious institutions on the basis of evidence obtained from interviews with relevant parties in UK mosques. We mobilize prior theoretical contention regarding servant leadership and constraints on personal accountability to expose perceptions of seriously deficient discharge outcomes.
Umair Riaz, Anwar Halari, Bruce Burton, Theresa Dunne   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

BASES OF AXIOMATIC POLYMERIZATION THEORY

, 1996
The axiomatic approach as a base of the general polymerization theory has been substantiated; the following bases have been developed: bases of axiomatic chemical polymerization theory (formulation of basis principles and following consequences ...
Shamanin, Valery Vladimirovich
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Extended Maxwell equations derived from spacetime geometry. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Su B.
europepmc   +1 more source

Problematising ‘Vulnerability’ in Women's Prisons

The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT ‘Vulnerability’ is a commonly used but little understood term in the field of social policy and beyond. The refocusing of our criminal justice system around notions of ‘vulnerability’ has had wide‐reaching consequences which often escape both academic and political attention.
Sarah Waite, Danica Darley
wiley   +1 more source

Bargaining Theory over Opportunity Assignments and the Egalitarian Solution [PDF]

This paper discusses issues of axiomatic bargaining problems over opportunity assignments. The fair arbitrator uses the principle of "equal opportunity" for all players to make the recommendation on resource allocations.
Yoshihara, Naoki, Xu, Yongsheng
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Asymptotic quantification of entanglement with a single copy. [PDF]

Nat Phys
Lami L, Berta M, Regula B.
europepmc   +1 more source